56th Armed Forces Inaugural Committee [Image 4 of 7]

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

01.11.2009

Army Staff Sgt. Derrick Brooks, left, and Petty Officer 1st Class Lasean McCray play the role of President-elect Barack Obama and Michelle Obama during the dress rehearsal of the 56th Inauguration Parade along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington's 1789 inauguration.